Hellooo! I'm here again with a new chapter for you guys! Last chapter got so good reviews and I'm so thankful and happy for that. I'm having a little trouble with coming up wit this chapter bc of the last ending but I'm gonna try my best! The updates may take some time bc I have a lot in school and I'm often quite tired too but I hope you won't be disappointed! Okay so here comes next chapter!
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EDIT: Edited this chapter, checked spelling/grammar as well as tweaked some of the text.
While we stood there and laughed I realized that for one, we had run away quite dramatically in front of everyone. And second we had been out there for a good 15 minutes now and I could bet my life that a lot of gossip had started already. Even I wasn't that dense that I didn't get what this could look like. But I wonder if he knows.
I started to feel uncomfortable and my mind made up several scenarios where I would be humiliated and I would feel even more reluctant about going to school. I looked up to face Jack and when I saw his frosty blue eyes that were so cold but so warm at the same time, my heart started to beat faster and my mind was losing its track again. I noticed that it he was staring back at me with a small blush on his cheeks. He had the same look in his face now as when he saw me in the class this morning. It made me even more embarrassed cause he was so cute when he looked like that. 'Hmmm... I think this is the first time ever I've thought a guy is cute.'
"Uhm" I started quietly "Maybe we should go back. We still have classes left"
I saw in his eyes that he gained focus of the situation again.
"Oh, yeah we should." He said and turned around slowly.
We started walking back to the school and I felt kind of embarrassed for some reason. Well, we had run out in a weird way. I just hoped that no one would jump me with questions cause I felt that I myself didn't really know the answers.
"Hey Jack?" I asked. I realized that I had spoken without hesitation. The words came out so lightly with him. He twitched a little when I sad his name but then he turned his eyes back to me. The blush on his cheeks was almost gone by now and it made him look colder but his frosty blue eyes were still kind and soft when he looked at me.
"Yeah?" He said with a little hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"Why did you bring me out here?" I asked him and saw that his cheeks went a little redder and that he also looked a little surprised. 'This boy is so weird' I thought to myself while staring at him. 'But you also think he's cute' my mind said to me. Now it was my turn to be a little surprised and I felt my cheeks heating.
"Well-" he started "I just- Ahh I don't know how to say it. I guess you reminded me of myself some time ago. All shy and withdrawn from the others. I noticed it and just acted without thinking." He rambled a little but I heard what he said.
I was more than a little surprised. I felt my heart skip a beat when he scratched his neck with his right hand, I couldn't help but think that is was cute.
I had a hard time believing his words acutally, he seemed so outgoing. I saw that he noticed the confusion in my eyes. He chuckled at it and that only made my heart beat even faster. I really liked his laugh. It was a low yet light sound that sent a chill down my spine. For the nth time today I felt my cheeks redden.
"That can't be true" I said slowly with a hint of deny on my voice. "No way that you've been like me. You seem so outgoing and fun, you didn't hesitate when you asked me for help with finding your locker." I crossed my arms on my chest like I wanted to protect myself from something, I always hesitated and I couldn't help but feel jealous of those who didn't feel like I did.
"I would never have the courage to do that, I even have troubles with speaking to my relatives." I turned my face away from him because I felt the tears nearly breaking free. But Jack broke the silence.
"It is true. I've been like that too, up until 6 years ago. Up until then I would never speak to anyone." He said and I could see hurt in his eyes.
"I kept my distance from everyone in my class and I never tried to make friends. I was bullied a lot because I was different and it only made me feel worse. And sometimes I even felt like there was nothing here for me so I could just dissappear without anyone that would care." He talked in a calm, low voice but he didn't look at me. Instead he looked down in the ground whIle he pushed a little rock around with his shoe.
"Jack, I-" I didn't get to finish cause he interrupted me.
"But then my mom got sick, really sick. I was just a child, maybe 10 years, and it had always been my mom who had took care of me. She spent nearly a year in hospital. My dad was an alcoholic and I don't think he ever grasped the situation." He paused for a second and sighed before he continued. I didn't know if I wanted to know.
"Slowly my mom faded away in her sickness. It wasn't clear in the beginning what she was sick of but after many checks and testes it was clear that it was cancer. It had spread trough her whole body and we all knew that she was not going to survive. It was the worst time of my life." His voice died down to a whisper at the end. I wanted to reach out to him, but I didn't know ho.
"Everywhere I went I got looks by people and I heard them whisper 'that's the boy with the sick mother' and 'oh I feel so sorry for him'. I tried to ignore them and walked past them. Time flew by and we got to hear from the hospital that my mom didn't had much time left. I went there with my aunt in the middle of the night. My dad was drunk as always, just laying there on the couch so we didn't even bring him with us. I got to the room which my mom had been staying in the past couple of months. The flowers I had get her from the little flower store she loved the day before was still blooming," his lips twitched in a sad smile. "but they weren't as pretty as yesterday. When I saw my mom I started crying. It was the first time ever in those months that I had cried but I couldn't stop it. The tears just flooded out along with all the feelings I had been hiding. I took her hand and sat by the bed while she was stroking my face with the back of her hand. The sound of her heartbeat on the monitor was slowing down. But before she...
I noticed that he was shaking with his whole body and clenching his fists. 'Jack, please stop it!' I thought. But he shrugged and started speaking again.
"Before she died she told me something. 'Never be afraid Jack'. I stopped crying for a moment and I saw a big smile on her face and heard a little giggle before her eyelids closed and her heart stopped beating. I swore to myself that I would always try to do things I wanted without being afraid."
He stopped talking and just stood there in silence. His body was still shaking and his face was tilted down towards the ground. I was completely out of my senses. Really shocked of what he had said. And most of all, sad. Sad because he had to go through so much without feeling like he had anyone that cared about him. I clenched my fists in frustration and only one thing was in my mind. Jack has someone who cares about him. Me. I want to care so much about him even if I only met him today, there's something with him that makes me feel light and for once a little brave. I don't know why but it feels like we have known each other for an eternity already.
My body reacted without knowing it myself. With my arms in front of me I stepped forward towards Jack. I sneaked my arms around his waist, he was taller than me and I only reached to his shoulder, I hid my face in his back. He still had his blue hoodie on and it was really soft. He smelled really nice. It made me a little embarrassed but not as much as I would be before. Something with what he said made me feel like I gained some courage.
"Jack-" I started. I didn't know how to finish so I just mumbled his name a few times. My thoughts were calm and wasn't flying around in a big mess for once. I felt a small touch on my hands that made me open my eyes in surprise. But I didn't pull away and neither did he. The warm touch on my fingers grew and I realized that he had placed his hands on mine. It felt so nice and my heart started to beat faster. Feeling the courage building up in me I started to talk slowly.
"Jack, even if I just met you today this morning it feels like I've known you my whole life. I want to be here for you, to help you when you need it! You make me feel more light and a little bit braver than I have ever been."
The words was flowing out of me and I didn't care the slightest. I meant every word I said to him. But suddenly I felt that he was starting to shake again and I froze. Is he feeling bad? Maybe he doesn't like me being so close.
"Jack, I'm sorry did I say something? I- please don't be crying?" I stuttered with a hint of panic in my voice.
I twirled myself out of his grip and went to stand in front of him. He was looking down at the ground and still shaking a little. His hair wasn't really that long but he still had some bangs that covered his eyes. His snowy hair color that looked really cold and really soft and warm at the same time. I suddenly felt the urge to touch it, let my fingers flow through the thick silky looking bangs. But I stopped my thoughts there so I wouldn't do anything weird. I bent my knees a bit to try to look in his eyes. It was hard but I noticed something on his face. His cheeks were shiny and something dripped off his chin.
"Jack!? You're crying! Come on look at me?" I squealed at him in frustration. I bent his face up to make him look at me. It was true, he was crying, and he was crying a lot! The tears just flooded down his cheeks to drip of his chin. He brought a hand up to his eyes and rubbed them. I stared at him with fear and confusion in my eyes. With a little cough he straightened his back and looked at me. He placed his palm on my cheek and looked into my eyes. I felt the blood flush to my face but I didn't get embarrassed by it. It made me feel calm and now I understand what I've been missing. Physical touch from another person. It felt good actually.
"Elsa, thank you so much. You've shown so much care for me, and you only met me this morning." He chukled and wiped at his eyes again. He smiled at me and his eyes were kindly fixed on mine.
His pure, childish smile made me so happy I couldn't help it and I smiled the biggest smile ever. Tears started to blurr my vision and I cried and laughed at the same time. My whole body was filled with an amazing feeling that I've never felt before. Just today I've been experiencing so many new things, and it's all because of this lovely boy in front if me.
Out of the blue I threw myself at him and embraced his waist. He really smelled nice. Just like his hair and eyes, his scent also reminded me of winter.
"Woah Elsa what is it? He asked while laughing.
I laughed with him and pressed closer to him.
"I'm just really happy right now!" I cried.
I felt that he put his arms around me and placed his chin on my head. The feeling of it made me even happier.
"Yeah me too." He said while hugging me. He chuckled a little and then he let go of me. I backed a little and smiled at him. I now realized that we had been hiding from everyone for half an hour already. Fortunately for us, this would have been class now but since it was canceled we still had some time left to go back. I looked at him and felt wonderful.
"Maybe we should go back now?" He asked me and tilted his head a little to the right, his grin back at full force.
"Yes I think that would be good." I answered him, with an equally big smile playing on my lips and turned around slowly. I looked back at him as a particular rough wind came blowing by. It made my hair detangle out of the braid and it was now let loose in the air. Softly it fell down on my shoulders and I brought my hand up to it and collected it to one side. Some few strands fell down my face and I blew them out of my eyes. I looked at Jack again and saw that he was staring at me with a small blush on his cheeks. It was cute and I giggled at it. That made him clear his throat and scratch his neck again. I had to admit that I really liked it when he did that.
"Come on now!" I said to him. "We need to get going, you can't come late on your first day right?" I smiled at him and waved to him so that he would follow up. And so he did, we walked towards the school again and he told some jokes on the way. He was really fun to be with and I loved that he was so easy to talk to. Yeah, maybe my time at school would become better.
When we got to our lockers we grabbed the books for next class. I was a little bit quieter now when we were inside the school but it was hard not to laugh when I was with Jack. He made me crack up and it made me feel good too. I haven't laughed this much in school, never ever. But my happiness didn't last long. Suddenly I heard voices and footsteps coming our way. I stiffened up and started to braid my hair again, but a hand stopped me. Jack gently touched my hand to stop me and brushed his fingers through my hair.
"You're pretty this way. You shouldn't be hesitating and hiding your appearance." I blushed profusely at his words and I could see that his own cheeks were red as well.
He straightened out my hair over my shoulders and gave me a quick smile. I got the hint and came to think of something.
" 'Never be afraid of anything or anyone' right?" I said to him.
He twitched a little but smiled big at me. He shook his head and chuckled but his smile never left.
"Yeah. You're totally right." He said and turned away when the people we had heard came around the corner. It was Hans and his friends, they were laughing loudly and punching each other on the arms. It looked silly to me but I would never say that, I could get in trouble with them. Even if I know that I shouldn't be afraid I can't help it. I took a deep breath and walked after Jack towards next class. I hoped that hey wouldn't see me but it just wasn't enough.
"Hey Jack!" Hans yelled at him. He walked up to us and his friends were right behind him. Jack turned around to face him but I kept my place behind him, looked down at the ground while running some hair between my fingers.
"Hello Hans" Jack said shortly, he moved one hand back to comfort me. I kind of felt like a dog for a moment but was relieved to know that he was aware of how I felt. I was almost hiding behind Jack and prayed that they wouldn't notice me. 'Stay calm, it's soon over' I thought in my head. 'Why now', I had been so happy just a few minutes ago...
Suddenly, someone grabbed my arm and pulled me out of my hiding place behind Jack. I let out a short yelp and would've fell down on the floor if it weren't for the strong hand that gripped my arm. I had dropped my books though and some papers that I was going to give to the teacher.
I heard gasps and the grip loosened around my arm, it had been a tight grip so it was a little red where the hand had been. I stumbled back some steps so I was beside Jack again, I felt a little relieved now but I was still uncomfortable. Slowly I looked up at Hans and his friends to notice with surprise that they were staring at me. Somehow the attention got feeling even more misplaced and now I was wondering if I could escape somewhere. But no, I just had to endure it a bit longer.
"Now, now, who is this? Jack? Is she your girlfriend is something?" Hans said while coming up a little closer. "If she isn't, why won't you introduce her to me?" Hans continued. 'Wait what? Doesn't he recognize me?!' I was shocked by surprise and my eyes was clearly showing it cause Jack chuckled and turned to me. Hans was still looking at me, staring at me from top to toe, but he snapped when he heard Jacks chuckle. Now he turned his focus to Jack instead of me. I let out a quiet sigh in relief and then I looked at Jack too.
"What's so funny?" Hans said with a hint of anger in his eyes.
"No, she's not my girlfriend and I don't think I have to introduce her to you cause you already know her."
Hans looked really confused now and raised his right eyebrow. 'What is he thinking?! This was exactly what I wanted to avoid!' I cried in my head. But before I got to think anymore, I felt a touch on my forehead. I looked up to see Jack in front of me, he was smiling to me and brought his hand up to my hairline. Gently he stroke back the hair from my face and collected it to the left side of my face. Before he let go he stroke my cheek with his thumb. I felt my face redden and looked at Hans and his friends. At first he was having the same confused look but after a few seconds his expression changed into clear surprise. 'I guess he figured it out '.
"Elsa?! Elsa Arendelle? That can't be true. I've seen Elsa and this is-" Hans couldn't finish the sentence. He was shocked and surprised to the level where the only thing he could do was to stand there with a dumb expression. I heard a sound that made me feel like I would burst out into laughter. I looked up at Jack who had his hand pressed to his mouth as a blockade for the upcoming laughter. I couldn't help myself and the giggle escaped my lips. I saw Jack glance at me and he too started to laugh. Me and Jack stood there and laughed so much that we was leaning on each other.I was really happy again and I smiled a big smile while picking up my books from the ground. Jack gave me my papers and then we left Hans and his friends by the lockers. We walked to next class with a good atmosphere and I felt like I gained some courage from this little meeting with Hans. I would never forget that stupid look on his face.
A.N
HI! Hoped you liked this chapter!
I'm so so so sorry that it took so long but it was quite hard and I wanted to write a long chapter this time! I wanted Elsa to be the little cute hero thingy to Jack so that he would cry some too or something. I am really happy with this chapter but it's not me who should like it but you! So please tell me all your thoughts and ideas! Really appreciate it!
See you next time!
EDIT: Grammar and spellings were corrected. I also changed up some of the structure and text.
